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Aaron

Fri May-19-00 05:05 PM

  
56. "I'm glad you feel its not enough"
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because, as you can see, many of us feel the same way. Using an simile from a previous post, you hurt because they are not experiencing the same epiphany of truth you are, just as you feel the pain when your stomach is going through some tumult because of something you ate. They are a part of you, and you of them. Race theory is as indigestible by the human psyche as plastic is to your stomach. Everyone is held back by its unnaturalness, and we've got to set the record straight.

As I've said in the past, if you think it is your job to bring the truth to people, do so. You will have failures, setbacks, and triumphs, just like with anything else, but you MUST realize that this endeavor has a cumulative effect. Even if, throughout the span of your lifetime, you manage to connect with one person, that is a great thing (although I've made in-roads with a couple folks during the limited time that I've had this knowledge, and there's no reason why you wouldn't be able to do the same). That person who makes the decision to change their life in this manner could end up being someone who will touch many people's lives. Thus, what was only one, could turn out to be many, but the truth probably won't be known and practiced by most people in our lifetime.

Look how long it took for blacks to be recognized as just humans worthy of fair treatment (not that this is played out in everyday life much). Like many things (if not all) there will be an ebb and flow to the desemination and acceptance of this particular truth. Fifty years from now, there might be a great leader like Malcolm or Martin who causes many things to happen at once, and then the afterglow will occur and all of the accomplishments of this period will seem as if they had been forgotten (but they haven't). Its just the natural way of the universe ("Cy-cles, cy-cles, life goes in cycles"--Chuck D).

At all costs, you must let the person you're speaking to decide the path, or you will have accomplished nothing. Browbeating will not suffice. State the facts. State them with passion but not rancor, let peace and love not anger be your motivating factor (for that is the ultimate goal of this, no?). Anyway, sorry if I was talking about ish you already realized. I tend to get carried away at times.


"It ain't where you from, its where you at"--RAKIM
"I am everyday people"--SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE

  

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White Lies [View all] , KoalaLove, Tue May-16-00 05:07 AM
 
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The white girl
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2
RE: part one
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46
RE: part one
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All Whites are Racist
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3
Thanks K.
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4
You ask why?
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May 16th 2000
6
Reading is Fundamental
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May 16th 2000
5
I was wondering ...
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12
      Havent even looked
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13
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7
more
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8
      the end
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May 16th 2000
10
The Census
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May 16th 2000
9
Wow
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May 16th 2000
11
Up dammit
May 16th 2000
14
Double Wow
May 16th 2000
15
      The key
KoalaLove
May 17th 2000
16
RE: White Lies
blue
May 17th 2000
17
The truth is...
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May 17th 2000
23
Propoganda
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May 17th 2000
18
RE: Propoganda
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May 17th 2000
19
      RE: Propoganda
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May 17th 2000
20
RE: White Lies
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May 17th 2000
21
Its in there
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May 17th 2000
22
peep White Lies by Maurice Berger
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embracing ethnicity
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May 17th 2000
24
You got it
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May 17th 2000
25
      RE: You got it
Isis
May 17th 2000
26
           tell me more
KoalaLove
May 17th 2000
27
Reaching out
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May 18th 2000
28
One guy said...
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29
So i said...
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May 18th 2000
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Then another guy said
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      so somebody else responded...
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      ...and then I said...
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      What I said to this guy was...
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race is a social construct........
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Thats what bugs me
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      RE: Thats what bugs me
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May 18th 2000
37
           that was me!
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my question
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38
my take
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Nature of the threat
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May 19th 2000
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Im so flattered
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May 19th 2000
43
Thank You...but...
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May 18th 2000
40
Hell naw
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May 19th 2000
44
      Boo-dah PLEASE KEEP THIS UP FOR A FEW DAYS
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           It's not going anywhere
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51
                You know me
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May 19th 2000
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                     You my homie and all but...
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                          I was wondering..
KoalaLove
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next question
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47
RE: next question
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      RE: next question
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           RE: next question
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Whew**
May 19th 2000
53
It is sad
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May 19th 2000
54
      But you know what...
May 19th 2000
55
          
Thank You !!!
May 20th 2000
57
Standing ovation for koala n/m
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May 20th 2000
58
If
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May 20th 2000
59
refer to post #48...n/m
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      Thank You
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May 22nd 2000
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Okay K I'm here...
May 23rd 2000
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this dude's right
May 29th 2000
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Up....
May 25th 2000
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up!
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up!
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